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Employment Relations Act 2000

Recognition and operation of unions - Registrar of Unions

27: Registrar of Unions

You could also call this:

“A person who keeps official records of worker groups and their deputy”

The chief executive can choose an employee from the department to be the Registrar of Unions. They can also pick another employee to be the Deputy Registrar of Unions.

If you’re chosen to be the Registrar or Deputy Registrar, you can still have other jobs in the department too.

The Deputy Registrar can do all the same things as the Registrar. But the Deputy has to follow what the Registrar says and do things the way the Registrar wants them done.

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Work and jobs > Worker rights
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Part 4 Recognition and operation of unions
Registrar of Unions

27Registrar of Unions

  1. The chief executive may appoint an employee of the department to be the Registrar of Unions, and may appoint another employee of the department to be the Deputy Registrar of Unions.

  2. An employee appointed under subsection (1) may also hold any other office or position in the department.

  3. Subject to the control and direction of the Registrar of Unions, the Deputy Registrar of Unions has and may exercise all the powers, duties, and functions of the Registrar.